Your path to the accounting profession.

With the full-time Rutgers MBA in Professional Accounting, you're only 14 months away from an MBA at one of the country's top business schools, and being eligible to sit for the CPA exam. Specifically designed for those with liberal arts and non-accounting backgrounds, this program will help you transition into a successful career in accounting.

Your Career Game-Changer

An MBA after just 14 months of full-time study, eligibility to sit for the CPA exam, and preparation to take advantage of a world of business opportunities—these are the hallmarks of the MBA in Professional Accounting program.

Specifically developed for undergraduates with degrees in the arts and sciences or non-accounting business degrees, our full-time program integrates management skills with accounting theory and practice. This is your path to an accounting profession. This is your career game-changer.

Program Highlights

Eligibility to sit for the Uniform Certified Public Accountants (CPA) exam on program completion

Earn a Certificate in Audit Analytics with just one additional course

Access to comprehensive career counseling services

A modern, industry-informed curriculum with an emphasis on practical learning

Program partnerships with major accounting firms

Preparing for Success

As a student in the MBA in Professional Accounting program, you have the opportunity to add value to your degree by pursuing certifications, and taking advantage of CPA review courses and career management services that are part of your experience here.

Li Zhang is an Associate Accounting Professor at Rutgers Business School. Before joining RBS in 2010, she completed a Ph.D in Accounting at London Business School. In the past few years, Professor Zhang has been teaching Accounting for Business Combinations to undergraduate students and Advanced Accounting to Professional Accounting MBA...